Here’s half an hour of string-reed Werner Durand and John Krausbauer drones

Do you love drones? I mean, like you’re craving nothing more than aggressive drones coming right into your ears from violin and self-made reed instruments for 27 minutes, 28 seconds straight? The legendary Werner Durand and John Krausbauer have you covered on label-for-the-heads Moving Furniture Records out of Amsterdam.  And then we take a side trip to time crystals, images, and sounds to discover from La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi.

3D visuals arrive in Ableton Live, easy as synths, with Unreal-powered SenSei

Mix in 3D, drop in 3D objects, lighting, text, particle systems: EboSuite Sensei delivers an entirely new ecosystem of modeled 3D VJing. Powered by Unreal Engine under the hood, SenSei runs as entirely self-contained Ableton Live Devices. And the results are already impressive – even on an M1+ Mac or decent PC GPU. EboSuite had […]

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025

Videosync 2.1 for Ableton Live: video recorder, monitor, gradients, more

Videosync for macOS and Windows remains one of the easier ways to transform your Ableton Live set into a live VJ or audiovisual set or music video. Version 2.1 just landed with critical features like a video recorder and video monitor, plus new visual tricks like gradients. And if you’re new to the tool, here are some tips on where to get started learning.

Peter Kirn - October 17, 2025